* ''Film/In The Loop'' provides this exchange in the wake of a problematic radio interview.-->'''Simon:''' Come on, Malcolm, he asked me for a personal opinion.-->'''Malcolm:''' Well why didn't you say? I mean he asked you. Fuck, of course, that explains it. See if he'd asked you fuckin' black up, or to give him your PIN number, or to shit yourself, would you have done that as well?-->'''Simon:''' I would have blacked up because it was radio and no one would have known.

* Happens in ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' as well, when Homestar is attempting to be cool in the Strong Bad Email "[[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail95.html the bet]]":

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* Happens in ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' as well, ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'': Seen when Homestar is attempting to be cool "be's cool" in the Strong Bad Email WebAnimation/StrongBadEmail "[[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail95.html the bet]]":

* A variant appears in ''Series/Outnumbered'', where the question (asked to Karen) is about following her brother Ben's example if he stuck his head in an oven. Karen replies that Ben's head would be in there, so she wouldn't be able to.

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* A variant appears in ''Series/Outnumbered'', ''Series/{{Outnumbered}}'', where the question (asked to Karen) is about following her brother Ben's example if he stuck his head in an oven. Karen replies that Ben's head would be in there, so she wouldn't be able to.

* A variant appears in ''Series/Outnumbered'', where the question (asked to Karen) is about following her brother Ben's example if he stuck his head in an oven. Karen replies that Ben's head would be in there, so she wouldn't be able to.

* ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'': Will tells his uncle's jerk of a rival to "Drop dead!" and he suffers a fatal heart attack right then and there.

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* ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'': After Carl Robinson defeats Uncle Phil in a LandslideElection thanks to a smear campaign, Will tells his uncle's jerk of a rival to "Drop dead!" and he suffers him off, capping it off by saying "If you don't like it, you can drop dead!". No sooner does Will finish than Robinson immediately has a fatal heart attack right then and there.attack.

* At the beginning of the ''Radio/JohnFinnemoresDoubleActs'' episode "This is What We Do", 19 year old Pidge asks his year younger and somewheat clueless friend Gavin if he's prepared to follow his instructions without question. Gavin replies no, because his Gran's always saying "I suppose you'd jump off a bridge in Pidge told you to" and he tells her he wouldn't. Pidge points out he's unlikely to tell Gavin to jump off a bridge, and if he ''did'' there'd be a good reason for it, and Gavin agrees. [[spoiler: At the end of the episode Pidge does, in fact, tell Gavin they need to jump off a bridge. Gavin decides not to.]]

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* At the beginning of the ''Radio/JohnFinnemoresDoubleActs'' episode "This is What We Do", 19 year old Pidge asks his year younger and somewheat clueless friend Gavin if he's prepared to follow his instructions without question. Gavin replies no, because his Gran's always saying "I suppose you'd jump off a bridge in if Pidge told you to" and he tells her he wouldn't. Pidge points out he's unlikely to tell Gavin to jump off a bridge, and if he ''did'' there'd be a good reason for it, and Gavin agrees. [[spoiler: At the end of the episode Pidge does, in fact, tell Gavin they need to jump off a bridge. Gavin decides not to.]]

* At the beginning of the ''Radio/JohnFinnemoresDoubleActs'' episode "This is What We Do", 19 year old Pidge asks his year younger and somewheat clueless friend Gavin if he's prepared to follow his instructions without question. Gavin replies no, because his Gran's always saying "I suppose you'd jump off a bridge in Pidge told you to" and he tells her he wouldn't. Pidge points out he's unlikely to tell Gavin to jump off a bridge, and if he ''did'' there'd be a good reason for it, and Gavin agrees. [[spoiler: At the end of the episode Pidge does, in fact, tell Gavin they need to jump off a bridge. Gavin decides not to.]]

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